Love Your Neighbourhood is in Oswestry.

Shropshire Star

We take a look around the lovely Oswestry and find a bustling town with many independent shops.

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00:00Do you mind just introducing yourself first?

00:02My name's Sue Cameron. I'm the Park Supervisor.

00:05Brilliant. How long have you been in Oswestry for?

00:07In Oswestry for about 55 years.

00:11Brilliant. Where did you move from?

00:13Llanamana.

00:14Wonderful. What do you like about Oswestry?

00:17The people. All very friendly.

00:20Brilliant. What would you recommend people to come out and see here in Oswestry?

00:24The park, obviously. That's one thing.

00:27There's quite a few nice shops, little personal shops.

00:31Brilliant. Is there anything in particular, any businesses in particular you'd want people to try out?

00:39I think the cafes.

00:42What events do you have on here?

00:44We do have lots of bands in here on a Sunday.

00:48We have the Balloon Festival.

00:50In the park itself we do have Crazy Golf, Five Side Football, Tennis Courts,

00:57and Balling.

00:58Yes.

00:59But yes, lots of things for the old people and for the young people.

01:03So, a very good play area and a big field.

01:08So, yep.

01:09Do you mind just introducing yourself?

01:11Hi, I'm Trina from Tom Tree Farm.

01:13I sell cheese, jams, chutneys and eggs from my farm.

01:17Perfect. Where's the farm based?

01:19Just outside Whitchurch, a little place called Lower Heap.

01:22Wonderful.

01:23How often are you here in Oswestry then?

01:25Pretty much every Wednesday.

01:26I'd say every Wednesday, but I'll get some stick for that.

01:29Because if the weather is bad...

01:31Most Wednesdays.

01:32Most Wednesdays, yeah.

01:33Yes.

01:34I've been here for about seven, eight years.

01:35Wonderful.

01:36Yeah.

01:37What about Oswestry in particular?

01:38The people.

01:39It's not the nearest market to me.

01:42It takes me a good sort of 45, 50 minutes, but I love the people.

01:47I love the traders.

01:48I love the atmosphere.

01:49I love everything about it.

01:50I've got a lot of good customers and a good following and I just love coming.

01:54Yeah, perfect.

01:55Is there any way in particular in Oswestry that you'd recommend people to come and have a look at?

01:58The bar, the market itself.

01:59I bought food stalls.

02:00Yes, of course.

02:01Of course.

02:02I know Aroma, that's a lovely cafe.

02:05It's very, very popular.

02:07Lots of people use that as a sort of a socialising kind of place.

02:13Sit down, have a coffee, have a chat.

02:15I'm just trying to think of any other places really.

02:18But as I don't leave the stall very often, I don't know massively.

02:23I know there's a fantastic Jewelers opposite Aroma as well.

02:26And like I say, lots of good stalls.

02:27Yeah, perfect.

02:28Anything else about Oswestry that you'd like to mention?

02:34I don't know.

02:35No, that's okay.

02:36I just, I don't know.

02:37It's, yeah, I think it's just the people.

02:40Since I've been coming, I've been here, like I said, seven or eight years.

02:43Everybody's so supportive.

02:45Everybody's so kind.

02:46You know, if I need to pop to the toilet or if I need something to look out to my stall.

02:51Everyone's so trustworthy.

02:53And we did the Food and Drink Festival recently.

02:56Yes.

02:57Which was amazing.

02:58It was a fantastic weekend.

03:00And I still really loved it.

03:02It was brilliant.

03:03Perfect.

03:05Brilliant.

03:10Do you mind introducing yourself?

03:11Yes, sure.

03:12I'm Rosie.

03:13I'm the manager, one of the managers here at Booker Bookshop.

03:15Worked here for over ten years now.

03:18One of the things I love about Oswestry is like all the great independent businesses we have.

03:24There's a fantastic community of businesses.

03:26And we all support each other.

03:28And there's loads on, like whether you've got little kids or you're visiting as a tourist.

03:34Or you live here.

03:35There's always like something for everyone.

03:37Yeah.

03:38And just nice vibes.

03:39Yeah.

03:40Are there any businesses in particular that you'd recommend people to come out and try?

03:44Oh, a difficult one.

03:45Well, obviously here at the bookshop, we always love to welcome new people and current customers.

03:50We've got Honeysuckle down the road, which is an organic whole food shop.

03:55It's been there for like 40 odd years.

03:56Yeah.

03:57We have got, let me see, Pickles across the road.

04:01It's a really nice gift shop.

04:03We've got some fantastic small businesses like, we've got the Willow Gallery as well.

04:09It's an art gallery, an art space.

04:11We've got Designs in Mind too, and they have a little shop.

04:14So they take like referrals from mental health prescriptions and stuff like that.

04:21So people can come and enjoy the space and do some creative stuff.

04:24Yeah.

04:25Perfect.

04:26Do you mind just introducing yourself?

04:27I'm Glen Jones.

04:28Yeah.

04:29How long have you lived in Oswestry for?

04:31All my life, 88 years.

04:33Wonderful.

04:34Yeah.

04:35What do you like about Oswestry?

04:36Hard to say really.

04:39It's just a friendly town.

04:41Yeah?

04:42Yeah.

04:43Have you ever thought about moving away anywhere else?

04:45No.

04:46No.

04:47No.

04:48Does Oswestry have everything that you need?

04:50Yes.

04:51Yeah.

04:52Yeah.

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